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<< Our Photo Pages >> Snowshill - Round Barrow(s) in England in Gloucestershire

Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 24 September 2002  Page Views: 6101

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Snowshill Alternative Name: Snowshill I
Country: England County: Gloucestershire Type: Round Barrow(s)

Map Ref: SP09153335  Landranger Map Number: 150
Latitude: 51.998520N  Longitude: 1.868135W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Snowshill submitted by HarryTwenty : Definitely a mound there, is this all that's left? If anybody else can find an alternative site please point me in the right direction. There's another small barrow in the treeline behind me, it shows up on the OS map and can be seen with binoculars but it's not easily accessible so no picture at this point. (Vote or comment on this photo)
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Snowshill submitted by HarryTwenty : If you look along the tree line in the middle distance you'll see a break towards the end of the left hand side, there's a barrow there. Shows up on the OS map. Too far for me photograph at this time. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Snowshill submitted by HarryTwenty : Looking the other way. The stone is out of place in the field and sits in the top of the mound, it's the only thing around here. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Snowshill submitted by HarryTwenty : Bit of stone in the mound at this end, could this be part of it? (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Snowshill submitted by HarryTwenty : According to the OS map the small mound this side of the telegraph pole is supposed to be the site of the tomb. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Snowshill by Anne T on Sunday, 27 May 2018
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Intrigued by your photos, HarryTwenty, I dipped into this a little. According to Pastscape, there is a group of four barrows around here, the nearest two to the grid reference given above are: Pastscape Monument No. 328176 at SP 0915 3335, and Pastscape Monument No. 1410441, at SP 09149 33430. Both are recorded as "a probable Bronze Age round barrows visible as cropmarks and mapped from aerial photographs."

The former (monument 328176) is described as "In the area of the above-given siting is a low, oval natural mound with a pasture field. There is a scatter of flaggy limestone upon the summit of the mound which may derive from a ploughed-out barrow, but which could equally be natural." The latter (monument 1410441) is described as: "The cropmark remains of a possible Bronze Age round barrow seen as the trace of an elongated spread mound centred at SP 0914 3342. The feature measured approximately 11m x 21m."

You did well to spot anything! Thanks for posting these.
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    Re: Snowshill by TheCaptain on Sunday, 27 May 2018
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    I have just changed the monument type to Round Barrow(s). I have been misled before looking for "chambered tombs", expecting something substantial where there is nothing much left to see. I think that Barrow is much better.
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Re: Snowshill by HarryTwenty on Friday, 25 May 2018
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Have been to the site and apart from a small mound visible over the fence next to the footpath there's nothing there. I took some photos to show the lack of anything tomb-like but can't put them on this comment section. Can post them up on the main page if you want to see them but no tomb is visible. Think this one is gone unless it's been so well buried to protect it that it can't be seen!
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